Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94I, § 6 (2026)

Limitations on effect of chapter

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Section 6. This chapter shall not:

(i) require any health insurance provider, or any government agency or authority, to reimburse any person for the expenses of the medical use of marijuana;

(ii) require any healthcare professional to authorize the medical use of marijuana for a patient; or

(iii) amend existing penalties for operating, navigating or being in actual physical control of any motor vehicle, train, aircraft, motorboat or other motorized form of transport or machinery while impaired by marijuana or a marijuana product.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Wright's Case (Mass. 2020).
Wright's Case (Mass. 2020). · cites it 2× “See G. L. c. 94I, § 6 (i). This provision recognizes that when medical marijuana patients seek to recover the costs of such use from third parties, including insurance companies engaged in interstate commerce, the regulatory environment becomes even more problematic.”
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